Horses Sweat, Men Perspire, John Watson Glows: 2 Sultry "Sherlock" Podfics + 2 bonus tracks

[jesperanda]

There's a heat wave in London. John endures it admirably, thanks to his military experience. Sherlock endures it petulantly. What could follow is told in these two stories, read in tones as sultry as the weather being described, each accompanied by a bonus track.

The main stories are read by scienceofobsession and afrogeekgoddess, who made their podficcing debuts around the same time I did, so their works are sentimental favorites of mine. And when I realized they had both recorded on a theme ... well.

Plus a little verityburns, for good measure.

All fics are Sherlock/John, and explicit.



Heat Wave
Written by MirithGriffin. Read by afrogeekgoddess.
Podfic: AO3 | Audiofic Archive (00:18:58)
Text: AO3
John arrives home in the mood for love to find a very sweaty Sherlock in no mood for anything. The good doctor's solution gives them both relief.
This story mixes snappy banter, hot sex and cool comfort, and AfroGeekGoddess reads it so tenderly that I want to curl up inside it. The sex scene is a feast for the senses -- ice! mint! silk! -- and in her lush voice it is magnificent. Dammit, I demand that sort of treatment the next time the weather gets unbearable.

Bonus track: Cold Snap
Written by MirithGriffin. Read by verityburns.
Podfic: AO3 | Audiofic Archive (00:34:11)
Text: AO3
On the other end of the thermometer, blanket forts and Assam tea have rarely been more erotic. Or more hilarious. This time, Sherlock must minister to John, who has fallen into a frozen lake in the name of justice. Rendered with dry wit -- and cold, wet tooth-chattering, and mad, babbling arousal -- by Verity Burns.

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Sweat
Written by mazarin221b. Read by scienceofobsession.
Podfic: AO3 | Audiofic Archive (00:20:42)
Text: AO3
Hot weather + comfortable John + sweltering Sherlock = a challenge: to make John break a sweat, damn it. It's an experiment. You can hear ScienceofObsession savoring this story; she lingers on phrases and rolls key words in a lazy rhythm that heightens the tension. She had me from the first line: "Sherlock Holmes is a man who sweats."

Bonus track: Exposed
Written by PrettyArbitrary. Read by scienceofobsession.
Podfic: SoundCloud (stream or download). (00:08:28)
Text: AO3
"Sherlock’s shirt is drenched to translucence, clinging fervently to both of them. [...] Each time Sherlock pulls back, it peels away from their bodies with the reluctance of a lover’s mouth." Sherlock keeps John suspended between denial and gratification. And keeps him, and keeps him. And the reading? See above, re: savoring and tension. This gorgeous podficlet is over all too soon.